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THROTTLE ROLL: Sydney 2015

Community, Rides, Petrolettes, Life + Style, EventsHeleana GenausThe Victhrottle roll, custom motorcycles, custom cultureComment
THROTTLE ROLL: Sydney 2015

PHOTOS | HELEANA GENAUS

For the uninitiated, Throttle Roll, in its third year running, is a street style party that celebrates all things happening in custom motorcycle building, from the backyard to the professional workshop. Since the first year, the crowd has grown, the bike selection has grown, the sponsorship variety has grown but the best thing? Free entry!

The weekend long event started with an incredible turn out for the ride through National Park and coastal road south of Sydney, before crowding the urban streets of Enmore to some well deserved tinnies. It was brilliant to see so many more woman on the ride and at the event this year with forces like The Throttle Dolls, The Foxy Fuellers and many other individual riders helping dilute the usual sausage fest.

The event was punctuated by live music and a motorcycle giveaway (!!) a joined effort between Throttle Roll organisers, Sol Invictus Motorcycle Co. donating the bike, and Adrian and Dan from Rising Sun Workshop turning the 250cc Mercury motorcycle into the "Mercurial" with scrambler intentions. 

Personally? I'm fried from two weeks of motorcycle events including the Deus Bike Build Off and Throttle Roll to name a few... but we're only half way into May Motorcycle Madness. Like with any month of showing off builds... it gives one something to aspire to. Maybe a female led build for next year? Hmmmm... 

Heleana is a force of nature. The founder of In Venus Veritas and The Petrolette, and a co-founder of Rising Sun Workshop. Heleana shares her love of vintage cars, riding motorcycles, and (not-so-secretly) dreams of flying planes and piloting a riva aquariva (a la Sophia Loren) very fast through the canals of Venice. Supportive and connected, community is her lifeblood, and she is as real as they come.

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MARIA: The Doll

From the new-babe-on-the-block to the driving force behind The Throttle Dolls in what she hopes will help inspire other women to ride and live their lives to the fullest, we learn about Maria's love for riding as heavily influenced growing up surrounded by people who rode motorcycles, her mum included.

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MARIA: The Doll
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THE THROTTLE DOLLS RIDE: Sydney

The weather Gods were kind to The Throttle Dolls on an April Sunday morning in Sydney, just before we got some unusually violent weather, it was perfect riding through the northern suburbs of the City through some of our prettiest coastal roads. The Dolls coordinated another big ride for all male and female riders alike and was the first time they felt confident to be able to start taking on members. 

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THE THROTTLE DOLLS RIDE: Sydney
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DEUS BIKE BUILD OFF: Sydney

Seeing people descend on Bondi Pavilion to see the love poured into the builds that were entered, made the 5:30am wake up call (on a Sunday) well worth it. It was a rainy day by the beach, everyone was in good spirits, very chilled out and happy to be in good company. This year, the Sydney crew at Deus invited some emerging forces within the local moto scene including Stories of Bike, Sydney Cafe Racers who were promoting Throttle Roll, The Throttle Dolls and Rising Sun Workshop.

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DEUS BIKE BUILD OFF: Sydney
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THE HEINRICH MANEUVER LAUNCH: Deus Customs Sydney

A bunch of Sydney local moto-scene-stas were invited to an intimate gathering to reveal the launch of an exciting collaboration between BMW Motorrad Australia and Deus Ex Machina as the custom motorcycle house revealed their take on the German engineered R nineT.

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THE HEINRICH MANEUVER LAUNCH: Deus Customs Sydney
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VICTORIOUS: Sydney

Capping off a month of motorcycle events here in Sydney was VICTORIOUS, an exhibition of motorcycle inspired photographs hosted by Sol Invictus Motorcycle Co. Photographers exhibited included Cole Bennetts, Billy Zammit and (IVV contributors) Cam Elkins, Kate Disher-Quill and yours truly. The place was packed, and was really nice to see some images made for the interwebs get the attention they deserved, printed and hung on the white walls of M2 Gallery in Surry Hills.  

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VICTORIOUS: Sydney